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  1. Windows 7 BSoD: 0x0000001E upon upgrading from IDE to SATA DVD-RW drive

    Hi all. I recently installed a new SATA Sony Optiarc DVD-RW drive (Model AD-7280S-0B) to replace an older IDE drive, and since its install I have experienced two BSoDs within 10 minutes of booting with the same STOP error both times; 0x0000001E. Attached the the two .DMP files that were created...
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    Windows 7 Reading files and folders from a W7 HDD

    Reading files and folders from a W7 HDD Hi, I have a HDD from my now ex-W7 pc which has a whole lot of files and images I need to lift. I have hooked the drive (sata) to my XP pc and tried to access them, but - unsurprisingly - they are not accessible straight off... What steps do I need to...
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    Windows 7 Multiple BSOD involving ntoskrnl.exe

    Hi everyone and happy new year! I've mounted a new PC, and after a day of working ok, i start getting BSOD every hour or so.Formated drive, and reinstalled windows 3 times now, keep getting BSOD with same bug check string and Filename coming up each time. I even got a BSOD while reinstalling...
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    Windows 7 windows 7 installation wont continue

    hi , i have a gateway lt2030u and i have been trying to install windows 7 but when i need to choose a partition , it doesn't show any , it says it cant find driver that i need to load a driver and i insert my cd and it didn't see any , i search gateway's website and used sata driver but still...
  5. Windows 7 Need Suggestion for additional internal hard drive.

    Hi I haven't changed an internal hard drive in years but my main concern is getting the correct type of hard drive to add. My friend has a Dell Dimension 8300 from abut 2004 that he want's to add a hard drive to. He has only a 80 Gig drive in it and wants to get some thing it the 160 to 250...
  6. Windows 7 What's a "Conventional Hard Disk"?

    I saw this topic and just couldn't resist posting. I assume that "conventional" would include both IDE and SATA hard drives, Eh? Any comments on that? Merry Christmas Everyone! the Doctor :cool: PS: Here's a little Christmas Present for you: If you have an IDE HD and a SATA II...
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    Windows 7 W7 won't detect USB hard drive

    Hi, I have tried to use this Link Removed to connect an old 250 gb Samsung sata hard drive to my PC. Windows won't recognise it as a hard drive/partition - the USB adapter device is recognised, and via Devices & Printers, it shows the drive, but not as a USB External Drive, (see image) Link...
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    Windows 7 sate/ide dvd writers

    Hi, Can I connect an Internal IDE DVD Writer and an Internal SATA DVD Writer to the same Motherboard? Thanks
  9. Windows 7 Problem during installation Windows 7...please help me

    I am using Windows 7 since one year and during this i did not change my PC. I reinstall my Windows 7 many times on this PC but last few days i want to reinstall it but the is a problem during installition... Load Drivers.. "A required DVD/CD drive device driver is missing..." i do my best after...
  10. Windows 7 What would happen if

    I have 4 SATA HDD in my Windows 7 x64 desktop. 2 configured as RAID 0 on which the OS live (C) 2 non raid disk members (D-M) What would happen to the bootmgr on C if I installed a second instance of the same OS on a non raid partition, say M? Does it get re-written and countinues to live on C...
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    Windows 7 hard disk driver required while installing W7

    i'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and its working great , lately i wanted to install windows 7 alongside Ubuntu because there's no itunes on it, the problem is W7 can detect my Hard Disk and it says a driver is required ,thought that W7 has all the sata drivers ,i've installed W7 a millions times before...
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    Windows 7 problem with computer , wont start , ide drive doesnt exist or all primary partions are occupied

    ok so i have a build computer by my dad , it is windows 7 home premium . i wanted to format the computer using the CD that i have which is GIGABYTE 6-quad/ S-series . Ok so i was playing around to see if it could load ( but nothing was loading until it came a point that when i try to start...
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    Windows 7 Can I plug-in SATA cable (to hard disc) when computer is running?

    I am not sure: Can I plug-in (and -out) a SATA cable (to hard disc) from (ASUS) motherboard slot when computer is running? Or will this cause a damage to hardware? Peter
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    Windows Vista IDE driver appears in Device Manager

    hi all I had numerous BSOD, each time the error ranges from0x1a to what have you. Had replaced all parts within except for harddisk, and reinstalled all drivers from HP website. But still BSOD, from startup to anytime (at least twice a week). Notice the device manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers...
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    Windows XP Windows XP new install, WD5000AAKS not found

    Installing Windows XP new & fresh, with a sata WD5000AAKS. Windows of course won't detect my drive cause its SATA. I searched everywhere and can't find the necessary drivers. I know to hit F6 to load drivers upon Windows XP install, and the system does have a floppy, but can someone lead me to...
  16. After you change the SATA mode of disk devices to use the AHCI specification, the computer or certai

    Updates Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to fix an issue in which the whole system or some applications randomly stop responding for 60 seconds or for longer. More...
  17. You receive various Stop error messages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try to re

    Fixes a problem in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 where various Stop errors occur when you try to resume a computer that has a large SATA hard disk. More...
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    Windows 7 bsod after insalling windows 7

    hey everybody good day. anyone here can help with this?? after i install my windows 7 os i got bsod Link RemovedLink Removed this is the dump file please help me with this thanks a lot system: intel e6600 asus p5kplm-am epu 250gb hdd sata 500w psu dvdrom - ide pci wifi card 2gb mems
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    Windows 7 HELP...new HD and will not recover from disk

    I have an HP dv6-2155dx and purchased a new HD just like what came out actually a Seagate 500GB 7200RPM SATA new HD. I turned it off and put disk 1 in the drive and turned it on. It loads windows and asks for each of the 3 disk but no luck from there. When it restarts it goes to the black...
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    Windows 7 Taskbar Unresponsive Upon Boot, other oddities x64

    I am about to tear my hair out. :mad: A a little bit of background information. Parts were ordered and my system was put together by a friend and I back in May 2009. It has never run properly since the beginning. I started with Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and got occasional random BSOD that were...